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Post by critterrx on Apr 28, 2007 1:16:25 GMT
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Post by vickyboz on Aug 25, 2007 20:00:39 GMT
hi all a great website. but please remember if your going to bread chinies have a form of history on them this can stop most of the inhearted problems
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Post by critterrx on Aug 26, 2007 2:30:03 GMT
I agree. (I don't breed, and actually prefer to adopt rescues.  |
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Post by loulousweetie84 on Jul 21, 2008 20:08:23 GMT
hiya
i was thinking of breeding my chinnie george, not tohough about the inherited problems that could arise, but i have no history of him as he was a petshop rescue!!!
any advice as i would like him to have a companion?
lou
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Post by jackdaniels on Jul 21, 2008 20:44:02 GMT
I would love to help but unfortunately I don't know that much about chinchillas. Still learning new things about them every day as have only had them for a little while now. But they are lovely  |
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Post by loulousweetie84 on Aug 4, 2008 20:15:57 GMT
have decided not to breed george but would still like to find him a friend, same sex
and how would i go about this, anyone???
is it possible? or will they fight
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Post by buzz on Aug 4, 2008 22:27:44 GMT
I think they will fight. It would be a case of getting two cages, keeping them side by side and swapping the chins daily for a week or more. Then on neutral territory like the bath introduce them after each has had a sand bath with a few drops of vanilla essence so they smell similar. The first intro should be short, each intro increasing in time providing things are going well. If they fight on the first intro you'd have to go back to the cage swapping. If they have their first fight at any point along the intro stage either reduce the time seeing each other or go back to cage swapping if they fight on immediate contact.
Thats all I can say sorry. I think it will be very hard, you'd probably have more success with a male kit but I don't know. Have you thought about a neuter and then putting him with a female? It's still risky but the odds of a succesful intro are higher.
Try ebonydragon, their a chinchilla breeder in Wales and they may be able to inform you better. There aren't many chin owners on this site sadly.
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